Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 396 - 269: The Soul of a Dead Person

"If someone is already dead, is it possible for them to be resurrected?" Xi clutched his chest, lying dejectedly on a reef. His usually graceful and fluid voice had become slow and hesitant.

Ten years ago, he had asked the High Priest the same question. The High Priest had shaken his head and said sternly, "Once the body dies, how can one be resurrected?"

"Once a Beastman’s body dies, her soul will dissipate along with it, eventually returning to the Beast God’s side. Unless..." The High Priest’s voice carried a hint of age and distance. "Unless that person didn’t truly die—if someone forcibly saved them on the brink of death, only then is resurrection possible."

"...Is that so."

Xi nodded and said no more.

After bidding farewell to the High Priest, he went alone to the Deep Sea Abyss, drifting there by himself for a long, long time.

After she died, with nothing left to live for, he had simply returned to the deep sea. He used all the knowledge he had learned from her to build up his tribe as best he could.

In the ten years that followed, he built the new Deep Sea Royal City on the foundation of his original tribe, and from there went on to rule the entire Eastern Sea Area. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

He became the supreme Merfolk King.

Finally, he was no longer the weak, timid Little Merfolk he once was—the one who was constantly getting jealous and worrying all day that he would never find a female mate.

He had gained everything he could possibly possess, yet he had also lost the one person he couldn’t bear to lose.

Faint points of light began to glimmer in the deep, dark sea, as magnificent as a river of stars flowing through the night sky. They illuminated the countless fish and beautiful jellyfish swimming around him, while the ethereal, distant songs of whales drifted past his ears.

Everything before him was dreamlike and enchanting, making one want to stop and linger indefinitely.

Xi remained in this place for a long, long time, staring blankly at the scene before him, the turmoil on his face impossible to hide.

When he was little, his mother had told him that the souls of all deceased Merfolk eventually return to the deep sea, becoming a ray of light or a grain of sand, to sleep eternally beside their loved ones.

That was why he often came to swim in this part of the sea alone, hoping to find that one glimmer of light he longed to see. Sometimes he would stay for an entire day. He couldn’t help but wonder: ’Could Ah Jin be here too, watching me from nearby? She must be so bored and lonely by herself. I have to come and keep her company more often.’

As he thought about this, sadness washed over him once more, and he lowered his head, clutching the spot over his heart.

The mate mark was long gone from that spot. For ten years, it had been cold, as if his heart had stopped beating altogether. But just a moment ago, a long-absent, searing warmth had returned to his chest.

’Whether it’s real or not, I have to find out.’

But over the past ten years, he had grown to despise the Land Beastmen and had launched multiple wars against them. As a result, he was on the blacklist of every major city on land. The moment he set foot on shore, he would be attacked on all sides.

Worse still, his power would be greatly diminished on land. If Ah Jin was truly in someone else’s hands, he wasn’t completely confident he could snatch her back from the other King Beasts.

Leaving the abyss, he returned to his radiant, underwater palace and casually summoned two Merfolk servants.

"Go to the surface and hire a few Beastmen. I need them to do something for me."

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During this time, Ze Sheng had important business to attend to, so he left again.

Seemingly afraid of a repeat of last time, he emphatically told her to stay put at home before he left. Then he gave her some novel gadgets for self-defense.

Wamiya carefully put them all away in a small pouch tied to the waist of her skirt. As she watched him leave, she thought, ’I hope he doesn’t come back covered in wounds again this time.’

He always seemed to be heading off to a fight, which didn’t match his gentle and tranquil personality at all.

She shook her head.